Namaste

Hanuman Jayanti is coming this 25 April.



The Rudra Centre sent a very nice summary that I wanted to share (I edited it a bit to shorten it):
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The festival of Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated to mark the day of his birth as the son of the Wind-God and Queen Anjani. It is celebrated on the day of Chaitra Shukla Purnima, which falls on 25th April, this year. He represents strength and energy, power of celibacy, devotion and knowledge. He drives away the evils as rightly said in the Hanuman Chalisa “Bhoot Pishach Nikat Nahi Aawe, Mahaveer jo Naam Sunave”.

Lord Hanuman is very dear to Lord Shani. In Tulsidas’ Ramayana, when Ravan was left all alone in the war, he did not come to the battlefield to fight for three days. Lord Hanuman first got suspicious and went inside the Lanka to find out the truth. To His utter surprise Lord Hanuman saw that all the nine planets were imprisoned by Ravan and with his “Raj Jyotishi”, Ravan was contemplating a “Mrityu Yog” for Lord Ram by placing these planets accordingly in the horoscope of Shri Ram. Lord Hanuman fought and liberated all planets from the clutches of Ravana. As a gratitude to Lord Hanuman, Shani Dev said that during "Sade Sati" if someone worships Lord Hanuman, its negative effect would get substantially reduced.

To celebrate this day, devotees worship Sri Hanuman by fasting and singing Hanuman Chalisa, along with the early morning spiritual discourses. Devotees perform pujas at Sri Hanuman temple or even at home, and organize special prayers to get rid of evil spirits. People also apply red Sindur from Lord's feet on their foreheads, which is considered auspicious, and is known to bring good health and good luck.
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Happy Hanuman Jayanti to Everyone! May the spiritual form of Sanjeevani come to you by the grace of Hanuman to your home bringing health!

Bravery and victory to all!

Om Namah Shivaya